{"id":"USN-3730-1","summary":"lxc vulnerability","details":"Matthias Gerstner discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the lxc-user-nic\nutility. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary\nfiles.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:48:41.117744Z","published":"2018-08-06T16:34:25Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6556"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-6556","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6556"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3730-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6556"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lxc","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxc@3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-0ubuntu1","2.1.1-0ubuntu1","3.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu3","3.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2","3.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1","3.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1","3.0.0-0ubuntu1","3.0.0-0ubuntu2","3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblxc-common","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"liblxc1","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libpam-cgfs","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"lxc","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"lxc-utils","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"lxc1","binary_version":"3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6556","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3730-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}